Saw jointing and swaging device



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No. 259,372. Patented June 13, 1882.

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SAW JOINTIN'G AND SWAGING DEVICE.

No. 259,372. Patented June 13, 1882..

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UNITED STATES ATENT -FICE.

MILO COVEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAW JOINTING AND SWAGING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,372, dated June 13,188.2.

Application filed February 20, 1582. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, MILO COVEL, of Chicago, in the county ofCook andStateof Illinois, have invented certain new and'useful Improvements in aSaw-Bench; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, that wille'nable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, forming a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a useful and convenientsaw-bench for holding saws duringthe process of dressing, which consistsof a T-shaped frame-work of the required height, and provided with ananvil, on which the saw-plate may be hammered, an upset device, and ajointer so arranged as to enable the operator to dress saws withfacility.

Figure 1 is a top view embodying my improvement; Fig. 2, a frontelevation; Fig. 3,

an end view. Figs. 4 and 5 are top views of the saw jointerand upset,respectively, and Fig. 6 is a section of the collars clamping the sawand their position relative to the arbor. Fig. 7 is a perspective viewof the upset and holding device. Fig. Sis a perspective view of the sidejointer.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bench or supportingframe-work, consisting of suitable timbers franied together. The top ofthe part A, forming the trunk or main part of the T-shaped bench, iscovered by the metal plates A A the inner edges of which projectslightly beyond the bedding-timbers. Close to the end of this part ofthe bench is located the anvil A a top view of which is shown 'in Fig. 1and an elevation in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

The base of the anvil rests in an inclosing flanged socket, A bolted tothe frame, and

when the anvil is in actual use the same may be readily removed out ofthe way to prevent the polished face from being accidentally marred orinjured.

The endless screw B is rotated by the handcrank B, and is adapted tocarry the traversin g slide a, which travels back and forth inaccordance with the rotation of the endless screw. The lower part of theslide is provided with flanges which embrace the inner edges of theplates A A and serve as guides to retain the slide a in proper relationthereto, readily allowin a 1011 itudinal but not a lateral movement, asshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. PiV-] oted to the slide a is the sawarbor or mandrel a, which serves the purpose of holding the saw whenbeing dressed. This arbor is capable of being converted into either ahorizontal or vertical position, as may be required. Fig. 1 shows thearbor in a horizontal position, the saw resting in a vertical plane, inwhich position the teeth of the saw are operated upon by the upset andjointer. Fig. 3 shows the arbor. in both positions, ]3 representing thesaw in the difi'erent positions and figures.

The saw is secured to the arbor by means of the clam pin g-collars a a(Shown in Fig.6 of thedrawings.) Thelowercollauc' ,restsagai'nst theflange or shoulder a and is provided with the upward or outwardprojecting sleeve a, which incloses the upper end of the arbor, and isthreaded for the reception of the collar a The sleeve a should come upflush with or a little beyond the collar a", so as to allow theclamping-nut a to engage with the threaded end of the arbor and have abearing thereon. This arrangement permits the saw and collars to revolvewhile the arbor remains stationary.

The leveling stud-bolts B B are adapted to have a vertical adjustmentand to engage with the interior threaded socket-stands, a a these boltsserving the purpose of leveling the saw in a horizontal positionrelative to the harnmering-face of the anvil.

To the top and end 0 of the frame is attached the bracket 1), to whichis pivoted, at b, the lower end of the upset-holder C, which carries theupset-spindle b The bracket bis provided with the segmental slot b whichpermits of the adjustment of the upset to any required angle relative tothe teeth of the saw. This brackethas a longitudinal adjustment in thegroove C and may be moved in or out in accordance with the diameter ofthe saw which is being operated upon. Attached to the outer side of thispart of the bench-frame is the vise C, operated by the handleC andserves to clamp and hold the saw during the process of dressing thesame, as may be required. To the opposite end, D, of the frame isattached the saw-jointing device D. Thisjointer, when not in use, may bethrown back out of the way, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 2of the drawings.

In Fig. 4, (Z 01 represent the files used in jointing and dressingthesides of the teeth, and shows the angle at which the files are setrelative to the teeth of the saw. This arran gementcombines convenientlyall the mechanism ordinarily required in dressing a saw.

The saw is first placed upon the arbor in'a horizontal position, restingon the anvil and leveling-bolts, the saw-plate being here tested andbrought to the proper shape, after which the slide carrying the sawarbor or mandrel is movedout to the front side of the bench-frame byrotating the endless screw, and the saw made to assume a verticalposition through the medium of the adjustable saw-arbor. The saw is nextoperated upon by the upset, and finished in the jointing device.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. The combination, in a saw-bench, of a trunk or main part, A, with theparts 0 D im-,

movabl y attached at right angles thereto, with the removableanvil-block, adjustable levcling-screws, and adjustable arbor, as shownand described.

2. The combination, with the saw-bench A, as described, of the endlessscrew B, the traversin g slide a, and the adjustable arbor or mandrel a,pivoted thereto and adapted to hold a saw in either a vertical orhorizontal position, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with arbor a, of the collar a provided with thesleeve a the collar a, and the clamping-nut a substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a saw-bench, as herein shown and described, ofthe detachable and adjustable upset c and the detachable and adjustablejointer D, substantially as set forth.

MILO GOVEL.

Witnesses:

L. M. FREEMAN, L. B. GOUPLAND.

